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Composition completed on 10/28/2015 You also can watch this piece here -

Composition completed on 01/21/2016 You also can watch this piece here -

Yes, it does sound off. One of the main reasons for that is it sounds like the piano chords are voiced too low. Here's how I'd harmonize your melody But because the melodic movement is weird and since this is basically just these four bars looped, it never feels satisfying with any harmonization that would be appropriate. You have this setup where it feels like it should be a i VI VII progression, which would sound good on its own, but then your melody notes in the last bar don't fit with that. So, one could have opted for the D minor chord in bar 4, but to my ears, especially on loop, this still feels incomplete. F would be the best option, but the F chord strongly wants to pull to the G (dominant in the relative major key), but instead we are pulled back to A minor because of the loop, and we already used G in the preceding bar. We could've used C in that third bar, but it doesn't feel as good of a fit as G does, since in bar 2, you have descending movement from C down to B, which means that the C chord or the G chord would already be suitable choices. I suggest instead, that both bars 1 and 2 are left as an A minor chord so that the B note in bar 2 serves as a passing tone. Put simply: The phrase needs to be longer, and with stronger melodic movement. The strongest options available for the given melody do not create a satisfying cadence, and the phrase is incomplete. The melody should be what dictates the harmony and not the other way around.

I like this "ecstatic" pieces. But the role of the flute is superfluous: it doubles the violin.

Nice piece, as always!

This is a great piece!! As always, you surprise me... what a genius

Attempted a section in an odd time signature. Trying to combine the middle section with the rest of the piece took ages. Please do give feedback. Thanks.

Nice composition!! It's a really good nocturne, and the style I do like it (except some parts of the end, but that's just personal tastes)

Nice piece. I like the clarity of the structure. A bit conservative in harmonic terms. But it's lovely.

Are you writing to write in the Classical style with this piece? You seem to favor it so there are some notable things: 1. Sonatina seems like an acceptable word if you want to retain its form and length, though Rondo isn't bad either if that's what it is. 2. There's a lack of inner voice play which is very common in the the Classical era. It's very bass/soprano at the moment, and the piece shifts between forward and static momentum when you have the RH/LH play both different and same rhythms, respectively. A little bit period-inappropriate but you could take the mazurka route and add a high chord on the weak beat of a measure to keep this. 3. The section on the subdominant: I'm not sure if this is just because it's not done, but I would suggest adding a three note figure in the left hand after every 16th note triplet arpeggio/measure, since the right hand doesn't have any momentum, and the left hand figure stops abruptly: i.e. F C A downwards in eighth notes. 4. Breaks some melodic rules: In sentence form, you want those first four measures to elaborate the tonic. When you end the half-phrase on B, in implies the dominant. B is a harsh note to pick there because it can't be the dominant because a V - IV progression is illegal in this period, and emphasizing a non-chord tone on a tonic chord is even stranger. Make sure you're staying careful about those kinds of things. 5. When you end in C minor the A-flat makes it sound like you made a tertian leap down to A-flat major rather than a parallel cadence.

Composition completed on 08/12/2015 You also can watch this piece here -